Silver to Stevenson: Pack it in

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, said Assemblyman Eric Stevenson should resign after he was arrested today in a bribery scandal.

“Assemblyman Stevenson’s alleged actions as outlined by the federal charges against him are a clear violation of the public trust and cannot be tolerated,” Silver said in a brief statement. “I believe that given the evidence that has been presented, he should seriously consider whether he can continue to maintain the public trust. I am encouraging him to resign.”

Silver says nothing about another assemblyman who is expected to do just that: Assemblyman Nelson Castro, D-Bronx. Castro has agreed to resign after he was also caught up in the bribery scheme and went witness.